Cisco ONS15327/ONS15454 up to 3.3 TCC/TCC+/XTC denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Cisco ONS15327 and ONS15454 up to 3.3. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component TCC/TCC+/XTC. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2002-1556. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco ONS15327 and ONS15454 up to 3.3 and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code of the component TCC/TCC+/XTC. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Cisco ONS15454 and ONS15327 running ONS before 3.4 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (reset) via an HTTP request to the TCC, TCC+ or XTC, in which the request contains an invalid CORBA Interoperable Object Reference (IOR).

The bug was discovered 10/31/2002. The weakness was published 03/31/2003 with Cisco (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at cisco.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2002-1556. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 151 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 16202 (Cisco ONS Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities (20040219-ONS)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CISCO and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 3.4 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 12 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (10508), Tenable (16202), SecurityFocus (BID 6084†), OSVDB (8925†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-6903†). Similar entries are available at VDB-522, VDB-18888, VDB-20252 and VDB-20253. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 16202
Nessus Name: Cisco ONS Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities (20040219-ONS)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: ONS15327/ONS15454 3.4

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03/31/2003 +151 days 🔍
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05/29/2019 +1755 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco.com
Organization: Cisco
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2002-1556 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-1556
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-20255
X-Force: 10508
SecurityFocus: 6084 - Cisco ONS15454/ONS15327 Optical Transport Platforms CORBA IOR Denial Of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: 8925 - Cisco - OTPlatforms - Denial Of Service via HTTP CORBA IOR Request
Vulnerability Center: 6903 - [cisco-sa-20021031-ons-vulnerability] DoS in Cisco ONS via HTTP Request with an Invalid CORBA IOR, High

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Created: 08/08/2014 11:49
Updated: 05/29/2019 14:59
Changes: 08/08/2014 11:49 (70), 05/29/2019 14:59 (4)
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